New RCH merchandise has arrived!

We’re excited to unveil our new merchandise range! There’s some great gift ideas for all ages.

Click here to see the full range, including T-shirts, hats, balls, stationery and much more.

Kids and food: Challenges families face

The latest RCH National Child Health Poll findings have revealed Aussie kids aren't getting enough vegetables in their diet, and many Australian parents believe fruit drinks may be healthier than water.

Click here to read more poll findings and to access helpful information.

Ask Dr Margie

Right now we’re talking about: How to keep kids safe around water this summer.

My RCH Portal: Your record at your fingertips

Travel a long way to get to the RCH?

The RCH offers telehealth video-consultation for families from rural and regional Victoria or interstate. Usually, this is for known patients for follow-up appointments. This can be in your home or with your local doctor.

Download the My RCH app

Kids Health Info

Kids Health Info is dedicated to providing quality, up-to-date paediatric health information that you can depend on. Over 300 factsheets on topics that are important to you and your child, it’s free and available 24-hours a day, when and where you need it.

New RCH merchandise has arrived!

We’re excited to unveil our new merchandise range! There’s some great gift ideas for all ages.

Click here to see the full range, including T-shirts, hats, balls, stationery and much more.

Kids and food: Challenges families face

The latest RCH National Child Health Poll findings have revealed Aussie kids aren't getting enough vegetables in their diet, and many Australian parents believe fruit drinks may be healthier than water.

Click here to read more poll findings and to access helpful information.

Ask Dr Margie

Right now we’re talking about: How to keep kids safe around water this summer.

My RCH Portal: Your record at your fingertips

Travel a long way to get to the RCH?

The RCH offers telehealth video-consultation for families from rural and regional Victoria or interstate. Usually, this is for known patients for follow-up appointments. This can be in your home or with your local doctor.

Download the My RCH app

Kids Health Info

Kids Health Info is dedicated to providing quality, up-to-date paediatric health information that you can depend on. Over 300 factsheets on topics that are important to you and your child, it’s free and available 24-hours a day, when and where you need it.

About the Creature

Creature, a 14-metre tall, whimsical sculpture forms the centrepiece of Main Street. Its kind eyes gaze at a beautiful butterfly gently flapping its wings—a reassuring signal to children that the RCH is a friendly place where little things are cared for.

Artist Alexander Knox created the sculpture and worked with a construction team to install it in the hospital.

Meerkats

The RCH is home to a mob of cheeky and inquisitive meerkats, whose open air enclosure is located in the Specialist Clinics waiting area on Ground floor (Beach).Their enclosure replicates their natural habitat. Melbourne Zoo staff care for them and provide meerkat education sessions every day.

The meerkat mob entertain everyone and provide a great distraction and learning experience for children when they visit hospital.

About The Royal Children's Hospital

We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.

“Kelvin” Family Court announcementThe RCH has applauded the decision handed down today by the Full Bench of the Family Court of Australia, citing it as the greatest advancement in transgender rights for children and adolescents in Australia.

“Kelvin” Family Court announcementThe RCH has applauded the decision handed down today by the Full Bench of the Family Court of Australia, citing it as the greatest advancement in transgender rights for children and adolescents in Australia.